Heat Wave Series: The Extraordinaries #3
Published by Tor Teen on July 2022
Genres: Young Adult
Pages: 384
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
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Nick, Seth, Gibby, and Jazz are back in action bringing justice, protection, and disaster energy to the people of Nova City.
An unexpected hero returns to Nova City and crash lands into Nick's home, upturning his life, his family, and his understanding of what it means to be a hero in the explosive finale of the thrilling and hilarious Extraordinaries trilogy by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune.
Nick, Seth, Gibby, and Jazz are back in action bringing justice, protection, and disaster energy to the people of Nova City.
An unexpected hero returns to Nova City and crash lands into Nick's home, upturning his life, his family, and his understanding of what it means to be a hero in the explosive finale of the thrilling and hilarious Extraordinaries trilogy by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune.
Seth and Nicky are back!
Thank goodness. Cause I really missed them.
Heat Wave is the third and final installment in the Extraordinaries trilogy by T.J. Klune and it does not disappoint. The previous two books were funny, heartwarming and packed with action. I like how Klune raises difficult tops for the reader to think about without beating us over the head. This makes the stories and characters able to explore these topics safely. So sure it’s packed with jokes and love and action, but under the surface there’s also some deeper and more meaningful questions about society, justice, police and humanity.
The hilarious banter is in full force and I love love love the dialogue between them and their group. Especially Nicky and his dad. OMG. I LOL a bunch and I think I looked like a crazy person in public. Love, in all its colors and forms, are shown in positive and bright rainbow colors. I love this about his books, how deep the love between all of the characters (Nicky and Seth, Nicky and his dad, etc.) are displayed, and how sad and devastating a lack of love and acceptance can have on a character (Owen anyone?). I also love how sex is portrayed between the characters as something positive and healthy and a topic that might be uncomfortable, but needs to be spoken about more, especially between kids and parents. Which of course leads to some very hilarious dialogue.
You do have to read the first two stories to understand what is going on here. This is especially important in this third book because as the story opens, without giving too much away, things are definitely… weird. I will say that I think this whole thing did go on a little bit too long without any explanation and I wished we could have moved through that a little faster, but I think it was a perfect opening for the book and allowed the characters a false sense of security so when everything is taken away, it feels even more jarring and terrible.
Overall this is a wonderful ending to one of my favorite trilogies. It is drenched in love and light and all things good and my only sadness is that it’s the end.
Kimberly majored in Songwriting and currently works full time in the music industry. When she's not listening to music, knitting or writing, you can find her outside reading her favorite genres: Young Adult, Adult Fiction, Mystery, and Romance.
